duplicate
- a copy exactly like an original.
- anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
- Cards. a duplicate game.
- to make an exact copy of.
- to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.
- to double; make twofold.
- to become duplicate.
- exactly like or corresponding to something else: duplicate copies of a letter.
- consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
- Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.
- in duplicate, in two copies, especially two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate.
Origin of duplicate
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Related Words for duplicate
replication, photocopy, replica, duplication, imitate, clone, reproduce, replicate, mirror, copy, corresponding, duplex, equivalent, equal, same, twin, similarity, ringer, fellow, dupeExamples from the Web for duplicate
Contemporary Examples of duplicate
He lost the bet on the twenty-eighth question, when a duplicate birthday turned up.
Wayne has infused the whole operation with a spirit of joy and dedication that is stealth seasoning no one can duplicate.
And it does seem true that Bitcoins are very hard to forge or duplicate.
Son of God is trying to duplicate the grassroots strategy that paid off for Gibson.
Illegible handwriting and typos lead to errors and duplicate entries.
Historical Examples of duplicate
It might have been the parlor of the White Springs Hotel in duplicate, plush self-rocker and all.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
I want you to help me get them out, and not duplicate yours.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
He and Jenkins had duplicate keys to the desks, letter-box, etc.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
If you pass the physical test, perhaps you can duplicate my record.
City of Endless NightMilo Hastings
Without a word he sat down also, in a duplicate of their pose.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
duplicate
- copied exactly from an original
- identical
- existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
- an exact copy; double
- something additional or supplementary of the same kind
- two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate)
- (tr) to make a replica of
- (tr) to do or make again
- (tr) to make in a pair; make double
- (intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical partsthe chromosomes duplicated in mitosis
Word Origin for duplicate
Word Origin and History for duplicate
1620s, "to double," from Latin duplicatus, past participle of duplicare (see duplicate (adj.)). Meaning "make an exact copy" is from 1640s (implied in duplicated). Related: Duplicating. The noun is first recorded 1530s.